HP EliteBook, Business Laptops Aim for Power, Ruggedness

by Nicholas Kolakowski

Hewlett-Packard's refreshed line of business notebooks wants to be all things to all users. Take the EliteBook p-series, for instance: The stamped-aluminum shells are meant to serve double-duty, appealing to younger users while remaining rugged (and fingerprint-resistant) enough for road warriors. The choice of Intel Core i3, i5 and i7 processors can serve multiple functions, from basic word processing to heavy-duty number crunching, and the security optionsincluding a fingerprint reader and HP's Face Recognition software